Rae Tyson Quotations

There are certain types of crashes where SUVs may provide you with some type of protection but you have to look at the overall safety record.

We're satisfied that what they're proposing to do will take care of the problem.

We're satisfied that their remedy is going to take care of the problem,

We have no comment on it until we're ready to release it. It's still a fluid process at this point. We look forward to significant fuel savings without sacrificing safety or doing harm to the American economy.

We're confident that we went through a very rigorous process in writing the final light truck standard and we're confident that it will get upheld in court.

I believe that some in the advocacy community are overlooking that the most obvious way to reduce injuries is to buckle up. The vehicle can only do so much. At a certain point, people have to do their part.

(Car and truck drivers) have had all winter to forget about motorcycles.

I think there is a segment of the buying public that may be buying them with the false impression that they are buying the safest vehicle they can for their families.

Just because it's small doesn't mean it can't meet the standard.

We intend to keep the investigation open. We need to make sure the recall has addressed the total problem. That's one thing we need to make certain of.

We evaluate a particular problem and set a standard,

We have a total of 428 complaints, but no crashes or injuries.

We have not determined whether or not there is a defect in the first place,

We set a standard that provides tremendous benefits without compromising safety or causing severe economic damage to the auto manufacturers.

We commend Ford for stepping up, being very cooperative and voluntarily recalling these vehicles, ... Our investigation is ongoing, and we intend to keep it open because we want to find the root cause of the failure and make sure that we've identified the totality of the problem.

We do have a lot more complaint now than we did a month ago. We are looking into the Jeep Grand Cherokee 1995-1999. The scope of the investigation has not changed...but we have gotten many more complaints.

We don't care how they get there as long as they get there.

We will be seeking additional information from the manufacturer before we go any further.

We just thought we should get the word out there in the meantime.

The privacy issue permeates this whole rule-making issue.

We felt this was large enough to send a message.

Bendix has done everything by the book. They notified us the way they should. They came in and met us, they presented a formal plan for addressing the problem.

The results are remarkably similar that when you repeal a helmet law, you can expect an increase in fatalities and you can expect an increase in medical costs.

The roof crush standard is a proposal and we'll certainly take all comments into account when we write the final regulation.

Quite frankly, the scores are continuing to the point where it's rare for a vehicle not to get a four-star rating in a crash test. It speaks to the fact that cars are safer now than they have ever been, but it also speaks to the fact that we have to update our crash test programs, particularly for side impacts, which we are in the process of doing.

It's the safe thing to do until they can bring in adequate supplies of replacement parts.

It's the cognitive distraction of the conversation that causes problems.

It just doesn't make sense to us to address one safety problem and along the way create a new one.

Congress has given us the authority to set safety standards. We're merely restating our authority. We're the agency that sets standards. Our standards are not minimum standards.

The beauty of the current approach to school bus safety ... is that it doesn't require kids to do anything but be in their seats. If you introduce seat belts, there has to be someone making sure the kids are buckled in.

They certainly suggest an agency that is very, very committed to improving highway safety.

The investigation will continue, ... We still need to determine the root cause of the problem.

And it just doesn't make sense that if we are setting standards to have a court say that a manufacturer who meets those standards is building a dangerous vehicle.